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The UTEP GradExpo is an annual opportunity for graduate students to share their work, hone their professional skills, and get valuable feedback. In addition to these opportunities to present in a professional environment, the event includes refreshments throughout, lunch, a keynote, and additional options for professional networking. Poster proposals from all disciplines are welcome.
Participants may propose individually or as a group
To apply, students submit a proposal that includes their research poster title, abstract, and preferred session for presenting.
The Graduate School welcomes proposals from all academic and creative disciplines. Applications are due April 1, 2024 at 9:00pm MT
Participant check in and poster session #1 set up.
(Coffee and pastries provided)
Poster Session #1
Session #2 Participant check in and poster set up
(Coffee and pastries provided)
Poster Session #2
Provided lunch for participants
Keynote Speaker Presentation
Session #3 Participant check in and poster set up
(Coffee and cookies provided)
Poster session #3
Session #4 Participant check in and poster set up
(Coffee and cookies provided)
Poster Session #4
The Three Minute Thesis* (3MT) competition celebrates the exciting research conducted by graduate students around the world.
Developed by The University of Queensland (UQ), 3MT cultivates students’ academic, presentation, and research communication skills.
The competition supports their capacity to explain their research effectively in three minutes and in a language appropriate for a non-specialist audience. Participants have three minutes to present a compelling oration on their dissertation or thesis and its significance.
3MT is not an exercise in trivializing or “dumbing-down” research; it challenges students to consolidate their ideas and research discoveries and present them concisely to a non-specialist audience.
* While “thesis” generally refers to master’s-level research projects in the U.S., the term includes doctoral dissertations in much of the world.
(optional) — Wednesday, October 18, 2022, 3:30-4:30pm (MT)
Eligible students must first participate in a preliminary competition in order to receive an invitation to the final competition.
See winning examples of the 3MT. Click here
See the 3MT competitor guide. Click here
Comprehension & Content
Did the presentation supply an understanding of the background to the research question being addressed and its significance?Engagement
Did the oration make the audience want to know more?The University of Queensland’s global 3MT program recognizes UTEP’s 3MT competition. The first-place winner of UTEP’s 3MT is eligible to present at the Western Association of Graduate Schools 3MT competition in March 2023. (Exact date/time TBD).
If the first-place winner is unable to attend, the runner up will be eligible to compete on behalf of UTEP.
| Aruna Narayanan Nair |
1st Place & People's Choice |
Chemistry (PhD) | Sreeprasad Sreenivasan, Mentor |
| Rachel Phillips |
2nd Place |
Geological Sciences (PhD) |
Benjamin Brunner, Mentor |
| Marisol Dominguez |
Finalist | Geological Sciences (PhD) | Hugo Gutierrez, Mentor |
| Yohannes Getahun |
Finalist | Environmental Science & Engineering(PhD) | Ahmed El-Gendy, Mentor |
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Jagadish Paudel |
Finalist | Rhetoric & Composition (PhD) | Beth Brunk-Chavez, Mentor |
| Shengjie Sun |
Finalist |
Computational Science (PhD) |
Lin Li, Mentor |
| Karen Valdez |
Finalist | Biology (MS) | Doug Watts, Mentor |
| Carlos Valenzuela |
Finalist | Biosciences (PhD) | Manuel Llano, Mentor |
| Mariana Marcos-Hernandez |
1st Place & People's Choice |
Chemistry (PhD) | Dino Villagran, Mentor |
| Priyanka Gade |
2nd Place |
Chemistry (PhD) |
Chu-Young Kim, Mentor |
| Mariana Benitez | Finalist | Civil Engineering (PhD) | Jeffrey Weidner, Mentor |
| Soochan Choi | Finalist | Business Administration (PhD) | Edward Ramirez, Mentor |
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Jacqueline Lechuga |
Finalist | Psychology (PhD) | Michael Zárate, Mentor |
| Anindita Nath | Finalist |
Computer Science (PhD) |
Nigel Ward, Mentor |
| Mohamed Sanad-Noufal | Finalist | Environmental Science & Engineering (PhD) | Sreeprasad Sreenivasan, Mentor |
| Ana Vargas | Finalist | Biomedical Engineering (PhD) | Sangeeta Tiwari, Mentor |
| Anapaula Themann |
1st Place & People's Choice |
Psychology (PhD) | Sergio Iñiguez, Mentor |
| Katalina Salas | 2nd Place |
Environmental Science & Engineering (PhD) |
Deana Pennington, Mentor |
| Isabelle Clough | Finalist | Psychology (PhD) | April Thomas, Mentor |
| Anna Drozdova | Finalist | Psychology (PhD) | April Thomas, Mentor |
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Israel Garcia Carachure |
Finalist | Psychology (PhD) | Sergio Iñiguez, Mentor |
| Rebeka Isaac | Finalist |
Latin American & Border Studies (MA) |
Josiah Heyman, Mentor |
| Yi-Yu Liao | Finalist | Teaching, Learning, & Culture (PhD) | Mourat Tchoshanov, Mentor |
| Yuqing Ye | Finalist | Chemistry (PhD) | Jorge Gardes Torresdey, Mentor |
| Julie M. Schlichte | 1st Place | Biology (MS) | Jerry Johnson, Mentor |
| Maria Tays Mendes | 2nd Place & People's Choice | Biological Sciences (PhD) | Igor Almeida, Mentor |
| Elvira Carrizal-Dukes | Honorable Mention for People's Choice | Rhetoric & Composition (PhD) | Kate Mangelsdorf, Mentor |
| Moinul Morshed Porag Chowdhury | Honorable Mention for People's Choice | Computer Science (PhD) | Christopher Kiekintveld, Mentor |
| Jenna Lynn Faith | Finalist | Geological Sciences (PhD) | Diane Doser, Mentor |
| Angel F. Garcia Contreras | Finalist | Computer Science (PhD) | Martine Ceberio, Mentor |
| Nakul N. Karle | Finalist | Environmental Science & Engineering (PhD) | Rosa Fitzgerald, Mentor |
| Erick Saldes | Finalist | Biological Sciences (PhD) | Kyung-An Han, Mentor |
PANEL PRESENTATIONS
Gilbert Carranza
1st Place
Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)
Jose Coronel
2nd Place
Mechanical Engineering (PhD)
Leonardo Gutierrez Sierra
3rd Place
Mechanical Engineering (PhD)
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Oscar Manuel Robledo Holguin
1st Place
Computational Science (MS)
Michelle Aranda
2nd Place
Biology (MS)
Emily Chavez
3rd Place
Kinesiology (MS)
BEST GROUP
Nathalie Gonzalez, Tamra Hendren, & Lilia Sanchez
Occupational Therapy (MOT)
The UTEP Graduate School's EXPO 2019 featured presentations of graduate students from UTEP and our sister institutions in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. In addition to the opportunities to present and network in a professional, bilingual environment, the event included a light breakfast, a keynote luncheon, and refreshments throughout. The EXPO is also a competition and an opportunity for community engagement. Participants receive feedback and may win prizes, and faculty, staff, and community partners can serve as judges.
EXPO 2019 de la Escuela de Posgrado de la Universidad de Texas en El Paso (UTEP) que facilitó exposisiones de estudiantes de posgrado de UTEP e instituciones hermanas en el estado de Chihuahua, México. Además de estas oportunidades para presentar e interactuar en una red profesional y bilingüe, La Exposición de investigación de estudiantes de posgrado de UTEP incluyó un desayuno ligero, un almuerzo con presentación magisterial y refrigerios en todo momento. La EXPO también es una competencia y una oportunidad para participación comunitaria. Los integrantes reciben retroalimentación y pueden ganar premios y profesores, profesionistas, y miembros de la comunidad pueden ser jueces.
| Kathryn Wedemeyer-Strombel | 1st Place | Environmental Science & Engineering (PhD) | Tarla Rai Peterson, Mentor |
| Marisol Dominguez | 2nd Place | Geology (PhD) | Hugo Guitierrez, Mentor |
| Angel I. Solis | People's Choice | Computer Engineering (MS) | Patricia Nava, Mentor |
| Jessica R. Bray | Finalist | Psychology (PhD) | Stephen Crites, Mentor |
| Robert Diaz | Finalist | History (MA) | Brad Cartwright, Mentor |
| Grecia Daniela Medina | Finalist | Biology (MS) | Kyung-An Han, Mentor |
| Daniel Michael Mejia | Finalist | Computer Science (PhD) | Natalia Villanueva Rosales, Mentor |
| Mahdi Saghafi | Finalist | Civil Engineering (PhD) | Soheil Nazarian, Mentor |
| Erick Benjamin Saldes | Finalist | Biological Sciences (PhD) | Kyung-An Han, Mentor |
| Ana Margarita Vargas | Finalist | Biomedical Engineering (PhD) | Luis R. Martinez, Mentor |
PANEL PRESENTATIONS
Jordan Orozco
1st Place
Speech Language Pathology (MS)
Francisco Morales
2nd Place
Interdisciplinary Health Sciences (PhD)
Anna Daniela Vélez Arroyo
3rd Place
Ciencias Sociales (Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua)
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
AHM Golam Hyder
1st Place
Environmental Science & Engineering (PhD)
Ana Lionel
2nd Place
Physical Therapy (DPT)
Jyoti Ahlawat
3rd Place
Chemistry (PhD)
BEST GROUP
Carina Baeza, Julio Cesar Martinez & Megan Villere Goldner
Occupational Therapy (MOT)
Gold
UTEP College of Engineering
Silver
UTEP Department of Communication
UTEP College of Health Sciences MHIRT Program
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1st Place |
Bing Yu |
Materials Science & Engineering (PhD) |
Devesh Misra, Mentor |
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2nd Place |
Rocio Acevedo |
Teaching, Learning, & Culture (PhD) |
Alberto Esquinca, Mentor |
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People's Choice |
Anna Mwangi |
Geological Sciences (PhD) |
Laura Serpa, Mentor |
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Finalist |
Marisol Dominguez |
Geological Sciences (PhD) |
Hugo Gutiérrez, Mentor |
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Finalist |
Mohammad Shafinul Haque |
Mechanical Engineering (PhD) |
Calvin Stewart, Mentor |
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Finalist |
Yashwanth Injeti |
Materials Science & Engineering (PhD) |
Devesh Misra, Mentor |
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Finalist |
Miguel Juarez |
History (PhD) |
Paul Edison, Mentor |
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Finalist |
Venkata Vignesh Natarajan |
Materials Science & Engineering (PhD) |
Devesh Misra, Mentor |
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Finalist |
Paloma A. Valenzuela |
Biological Sciences (PhD) |
Giulio Francia, Mentor |
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Finalist |
Emmanuel Zubia |
Environmental Science & Engineering (PhD) |
Mahesh Narayan, Mentor |
PANEL PRESENTATIONS
Ridwan Fayaz Hossain
1st Place
Electrical & Computer Engineering (PhD)
Solution Dispersed 2D Graphene & MoS2 for an Inkjet Printed Biocompatible Photodetector
Ligia Arguilez
2nd Place
History (PhD)
Native Invaders: The Politics of Plants and the Shifting Identity of the Creosote Bush
Md Tariqul Islam
3rd Place
Chemistry (PhD)
Self-Regenerable Water Filter for the Removal of Organic and Inorganic Pollutants
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Julio Ceniceros
1st Place
Environmental Science (MS)
Identifying the Abundance of Soil, Vegetation, and Rock Using Multiple Endmember
Spectral Mixture Analysis (MESMA) in Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma
Luiza Barros
2nd Place
Civil Engineering (MS)
Testing Protocols and Design Tools for Balancing AC Mixes
Victor Garcia
3rd Place
Geological Sciences (PhD)
Uranium - Series Dating of the East Franklin Mountains Fault Carbonates in El Paso, Texas
PANEL PRESENTATIONS |
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Pamela Lara 1st Place Physics Uncatalogued Variable In The Kepler's Fields |
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Pablo Rangel 2nd Place Electrical & Computer Engineering (PhD) Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Sense And Avoid (SAA) Airway Coordination Model Based On Gas Particles Elastic Collisions Dynamics |
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Lori Whitaker 3rd Place English Rhetoric and Writing Studies (MA) Maude: Reinventing The Character Of Curley's Wife In Of Mice And Men |
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Justin Magee Honorable Mention Psychology (PhD) The Impact Of National Security Interrogation Methods On Situational Stress |
POSTER PRESENTATIONS |
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Amelie Muzza 1st Place Speech Language Pathology (MS) Language Of Intervention In A Bilingual Child With Autism |
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Alberto Soto Electrical & Computer Engineering(MS) Optimization Of Neural Network Architecture For Radar Signal Classification |
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Janeely Villalobos 3rd Place Environmental Science (MS) The Structure And Activity Of Heat Shock Protein 27 And An S135F Mutation That Leads To A Neurodegenerative Disorder |
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Monica Ponce Lawler Honorable Mention Speech Language Pathology (MS) The Use Of Code-Switching In Bilingual Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder |
PANEL PRESENTATIONS
Mary Ana Mackay
1st Place
Mathematics
Geometric Modeling of Girus Trisymmetron
Elva Natalia Strobach
2nd Place
Psychology
The Effects of Task Demands and Word Frequency on Language Source Encoding
Alejandra Maldonado
3rd Place
Sociology
Flood Hazards and Environmental Injustice: Hispanic Immigrants in Greater Houston, Texas
Jesus J. Gutierrez
Honorable Mention
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Sculpting Near Fields with 3D Printed Spatially Variant All-Dielectric Metamaterials
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Victor M. Garcia
1st Place
Civil Engineering
Evaluation of Parameters that Can Improve Overlay Tester Results
Kiersten Garrand
2nd Place
Physical Therapy
Evidence for Disability Competence Education Relevant to Health Professionals
Moinul Morshed Porag Chowdhury
3rd Place
Computer Science
Wholesale Market Clearing Price Prediction in Smart Grid
Joseph Negron
Honorable Mention
Psychology
L1 Conceptual Inhibition During L2 Text Comprehension
Sanghamitra Majumdar
Best Oral Presentation
Chemistry
Trophic Transfer of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles Along a Terrestrial Food Chain: An Ecological Risk
Azucena Zamora
Best Poster Presentation
Computational Science
Using Constrained Optimization to Improve 2- and 3-Dimensional Earth Structure Models Through Gravity Anomalies
